Cargando…
Defensive relativism : the use of cultural relativism in international legal practice /
"Defensive Relativism describes how governments around the world use cultural relativism in legal argument to oppose international human rights law. Defensive relativist arguments appear in international courts, at the committees set up by human rights treaties and at the United Nations Human R...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2023]
|
| Colección: | Pennsylvania studies in human rights.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: What is defensive relativism?
- Part . Defining defensive relativism
- The first element of defensive relativism : antiuniversalism
- State construction of culture : the second element of defensive relativism
- Legal exemption : the final element of defensive relativism
- Part II. Defensive relativism at work : three case studies
- The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration : defensive relativism by design
- Defensive relativism in state submissions to the European Court of Human Rights on the freedom of religion
- Defensive relativism in the justification of CEDAW reservations in universal periodic treview
- Part III. Situating defensive relativism
- Conceptually positioning defensive relativism
- End-states : how defensive relativism protects sovereignty
- Conclusion: Defensive relativism : the human rights practitioner's conundrum.